Two people were killed and two others injured in southern Lebanon on Friday after an Israeli drone fired a missile directly at a car in the town of Toul, in the Nabatieh district, according to Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health.
A Lebanese security source told Al Jazeera that the vehicle was hit directly, catching fire instantly. The strike marks yet another breach of the US-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, which was intended to end more than a year of hostilities last November.
The Israeli military confirmed it carried out strikes targeting what it described as “Hezbollah military sites,” including a “precision missile production facility” and a “logistics base.” In a statement, it claimed responsibility for the killing of Abbas Hassan Karky, identified by Israel as the “logistics commander of Hezbollah’s Southern Front.” Hezbollah has not confirmed the death or commented on the incident.
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Lebanon’s National News Agency also reported an additional Israeli airstrike in the Kroum al-Marah neighborhood of Marjayoun district. No casualties were recorded in that attack.
The latest escalation follows Israeli strikes on Thursday targeting Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley, which killed two people, and another attack on Arabsalim, where two more — including an elderly woman — were killed.
Despite the ceasefire, Israel continues to carry out operations along Lebanon’s southern border and maintains troop positions at five border outposts — a direct violation of the truce terms requiring full withdrawal.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has repeatedly appealed to both the United States and France to pressure Israel into compliance. However, those diplomatic efforts have failed to curb Israeli military actions. Last month, Aoun condemned another deadly Israeli drone strike that killed five civilians, including three children.
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The continued attacks have strained Lebanon’s fragile security situation, complicating the government’s pledge to disarm Hezbollah by the end of the year. Hezbollah’s Deputy Leader Naim Qassem has rejected the disarmament push, arguing that ongoing Israeli violations make such steps “impossible and dangerous.”
The truce, which ended months of open warfare between Israel and Hezbollah, now appears increasingly fragile as cross-border tensions intensify and civilian casualties mount in southern Lebanon.
